If someone were to give G V Subrahmanyam 1 rupee for every award he's won, it would be very very cheap indeed. For, among the huge number are several big-time ones, including 3 Sahitya Academy ones. And when this person himself chooses to give awards, the recipients have to be special, right?
G V Subramanyam established the G V S Sahiti Kala Peetham to promote the Telugu literary critic and create awareness of the latest literary trends in Telugu and in other languages as well. The ex-Telugu professor of the Central University has received the state Sahitya Academy awards twice, the central Sahitya Academy award once, and about 18 other awards from various Telugu promoting organizations and cultural organizations as well. He has about 36 books to his credit, and is currently working towards the development in the field of Telugu literary criticism.
Subramanyam instituted the GVS literary critic award in 1996, and gave the first award to a prominent literary critic R A Sudarshanam (in 1996), followed by to Kotapalli Veerabhadra Rao (1997), Prof Chekuri Rama Rao (1998), Guntur Seshendra Sharma (1999) and K Sampat Kumar Acharya (2000). And for the year 2001, Prof K Suprasannacharya will receive the award, which comprises a cash reward of Rs. 10,000, a shawl and a citation.
Prof Suprasannacharya hails from the Warangal district. He was the head of the Telugu department of Kakatiya University. A renowned poet and Telugu critic as well, he has a number of books to his credit. He will receive the award at the hands of Subramanyam, and will talk about the importance of Telugu literature and the role of a critic in today's scenario.
Please contact G V Subramanyam at 763-3275 for further details.
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